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NORTHAMPTON — The public health nurse leading the area’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution effort is the only person in Massachusetts — and one of just 28 in the country — recognized for her work with a prestigious award from the Association of...

About 75% of jurisdictions in the US have shifted to using the intradermal method of administering monkeypox vaccine.

Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Some states and jurisdictions are hitting early bumps in their rollout of the U.S. government's new approach to expand access and supply of monkeypox vaccines to more at-risk Americans, local officials have told ABC News, as providers face a steep learning curve with the new inoculation method. Earlier this month, the Biden administration announced it was launching a new plan to increase the country's...

The new intradermal technique requires just a fraction of a vaccine per shot.

Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Some states and jurisdictions are hitting early bumps in their rollout of the U.S. government's new approach to expand access and supply of monkeypox vaccines to more at-risk Americans, local officials have told ABC News, as providers face a steep learning curve with the new inoculation

Missteps and delays have hampered the U.S. effort to vaccinate people against monkeypox. Now state health officials and community members are trying to adapt to a controversial "dose sparing" plan.

The new U.S. monkeypox vaccine strategy will try to squeeze more vaccines out of a single dose

Nursing homes might again find themselves in a COVID vaccine efficacy debate this fall, yet wiser than in from the pandemic's early days.

The federal government’s distribution of monkeypox vaccine has been blemished by missteps and confusion, according to interviews with state health officials and documents obtained by The New York Times.

State officials are blaming the federal government for shortcomings in the nations monkeypox vaccine rollout. They complain the system is clunky and inefficient.